Sunsetting + Nerfing Reload Perks=

A weaker watered down loot pool.
EDIT: If you want to show Bungie just how against these recent changes you are and still get your Destiny fix?
Fire up D1. Play it until reset next Tuesday.
Show Bungie a massive spike in D1 participation coupled with a further decline of the D2 player base.
Leave D2 for the PC and F2P New Light.
Seriously, they can have it!

I hope commentators like SNTR take down all their old videos telling everyone sunsetting will be good for the game because it wall allow bungie to create new more powerful weapons and they won't need to nerf them anymore.
It is not sunsetting instead of nerfs, it could never have been that, it is sunsetting AND nerfs.